Kidderminster | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
v | Kettering | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
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Ag |
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Off |
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Danny Lewis | [1] | Nick Bussey | ||||||||||
Tom Shaw | [5/23] | Patrick Noubissie | ||||||||||
Mike Williams | [3/11] | Marcus Kelly | ||||||||||
Chris McPhee | [10/21] | Tom Flanagan | ||||||||||
Tom Sharpe | [15/5] | Ian Roper | ||||||||||
Jack Byrne | [11/22] | Nick McKoy | ||||||||||
Matt Blair | [17/19] | Brett Solkhon | ||||||||||
Keith Briggs | [8/18] | Serge Makofo | ||||||||||
Lee Morris | [9/10] | Jean-Paul Marna | ||||||||||
Jamille Matt | [20] | Iyseden Christie | ||||||||||
Nick Wright | [14/8] | Liam McDonald | ||||||||||
Dave Hankin | [7/2] | Luke Graham | ||||||||||
Aaron Griffiths | [13/9] | Paul Furlong | ||||||||||
Callum Gittings | [18/26] | Mark Pryor | ||||||||||
Andy Stevens | [33/29] | Charlie Collins |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Kidderminster | 11 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
Kettering | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Kidderminster | Kettering | ||
11 | Lee Morris | 60 | Brett Solkhon |
51 | Matt Blair | ||
67 | Keith Briggs | ||
90+2 | Callum Gittings |
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Kidderminster | Kettering | ||||||
81 | Gittings | Morris | Gittings to left midfield, Wright to striker. | 46 | Graham | McKoy | Graham to right back, Noubissie to centre midfield. |
85 | Hankin | Wright | Hankin to right wing, Blair to left wing, Gittings to attacking midfield. Now 4-2-3-1. | 61 | Furlong | Christie | Furlong to striker. |
90+1 | Griffiths | Blair | Griffiths to left wing. | 68 | Collins | Makofo | Collins to right midfield, McDonald to left midfield, Noubissie to left central midfield. Now 4-4-2. |
Kidderminster | Kettering | ||
McDonald 40 Foul Marna 53 Foul | |||
Referee: Darren Handley (Manchester) |
Harriers stormed to their best win for nearly a year, despatching a poor Kettering side with considerable ease and keeping themselves in touch with the play-offs; only goal difference keeping them outside the top five. Steve Burr was forced to send out something of a makeshift side with 'flu and suspension keeping his choices restricted to a minimum and leaving him unable to name a full complement of substitutes. Nonetheless his side gave one of their best all-round performances of the season with good individual performances throughout the team. Harriers needed just ten minutes to take the lead; Jack Byrne who had already made several incisive passes to open up the visitors slid the ball through the inside left channel for Lee Morris to run on to, he took the ball in his stride and stroked it past Nick Bussey in the visitors' goal. Harriers took control of the game and created a number of chances; Nick Wright fired wide from long range and Matt Blair shot wide across the face of goal having been set up by Byrne. In the last minute of the half Mike Williams got to the byline on the left and pulled the ball back to Wright who chipped towards the top corner but didn't get enough power in his shot and Bussey was able to hold on to it. While the score was just 1-0 there was always a danger that Kettering could get themselves back into the game and make Harriers pay for their missed chances of the first half but five minutes after the break Harriers doubled their lead to dispel any nerves. Keith Briggs over-hit a pass to Wright on the left wing; Wright managed to keep the ball in play then cut inside to the byline, his pull back was palmed out by Bussey to the feet of Blair who forced the ball into the back of the ne for his 7th goal of the season. The second goal was to prove vital as Kettering pulled a goal back on the hour; a free-kick from deep on the left was headed back across goal into the path of Brett Solkhon who swept it past Danny Lewis to give the visitors hope. Harriers kept creating chances, though, and shortly afterward Man-of-the-Match Morris did some great work on the left to set up Blair, his shot was blocked and after Kettering failed to clear properly Tom Shaw saw his 25-yard follow-up effort held low down by Bussey. Morris was heavily involved again for Harriers' third goal, creating space for himself on the left wing before crossing to the far post where Briggs rose to plant a firm header past Bussey into the back of the net. At the other end Lewis was called into action to hold on to a free-kick by Liam McDonald that beat the wall but was fairly easy for the keeper to hold onto. In stoppage time Harriers completed the scoring with a fine strike by substitute Callum Gittings who curled his low shot round Bussey and into the bottom corner of the net with the outside of his boot after being set up by another sub, Aaron Griffiths. |
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